There never was a character like a character from Poe. These troubled people had the worst luck.To say, in some instances, they were the darkerside of choleric is an understatement. Think of the man from "Tale tell heart." the killer. He was rather crazed. Another prime example is Mr. Usher this man was rather shall we say disturbed. He being haunted byt the ghost of his sister, and finally having a complete mental break. Or even the narrator